Parents in the South East share their school gate hates!

Parents across the South East took to this national poll to express their pet peeves at the school gates! What is the most hated?

Bad parking is the biggest school gate hate for parents in the South East

Smoking parents the next biggest peeve

Inconsiderate and dangerous parking was named the greatest school gate hate by parents in the South East who responded to a Families Online survey.

Other parents smoking outside school gates was the second biggest gripe, with a higher proportion of parents in the South East being concerned about this issue than was the case nationally.

Many thought that smoking outside school gates set a bad example to children, as well as posing a health risk.

More needs to be done about poor parking

84% of respondents said more should be done about bad parking around the school, with a third of parents coming out in favour of a ‘school traffic warden’ scheme.

This would involve both teachers and parents volunteering to issue ‘school parking tickets’ to offenders. Money raised by these fines could then go to the school PTA.

A similar proportion of parents were also in favour of naming and shaming bad parkers in school letters and on noticeboards.

Other issues include dog mess and cliquey mums

Bad parking and smoking weren’t the only things bothering South East parents on the school run. Dog mess, cliquey mums and the underfoot hazard of toddlers on scooters were also named as school gate hates.